If a large percentage of people can't even utilize resuable bags for their groceries we're already screwed. So much apathy and people not really committed to take even the smallest of steps to help our environment.
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I think very soon we’ll look back on virtually everything we’ve done to help the planet/climate as stupid and inadequate sadly.
I think most people who want to do something about regulating climate change to prevent creating an uninhabitable world already think today's measures are stupid and inadequate. People won't be thinking much of anything in the future when we're all dead.
If Captain Planet was real, he would be extremely disappointed with all of us.
On a note, what the heck was up with "heart"? You got these 4 badass elemental powers coming together to form this awesome super hero and then just...heart? Never sat right with me when I was a kid.
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Planetina from Rick and Morty would just straight up murder the biggest offenders.
Literally everything that isn't investing in Nuclear Fusion and electrification.
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Definitely inadequate. Most of the go green stuff has been carefully manufactured by the worst polluters pass the buck. However, in order to actually make a real difference, people's lives will have to change. We will have to drive less, eat less beef, and reduce our consumption in general.
The paper vs plastic thing sucks because both are bad. Paper needs trees to be cut down and single use plastics are horrible for the environment
I mean, in theory, dumping paper into a landfill is a carbon sink
Which is essentially what happened to create coal in the first place, kinda sorta.
At least paper can be produced through sustainable farming practices and any waste is almost entirely biodegradable.
But I do agree that the debate sucks. What we should really be doing is forcing corporations and governments to 1. Adhere to very strict sustainability levels and 2. Pay for clean up efforts out of the salaries of their board of directors. Any corporation that declares a profit or gives a bonus to someone in managment without meating their sustainability requirements results in large fines for the company as well as every individual member of the board of directors. And anyone who claims they can't pay within 12 months is given jail time and stripped of all assets instead.
Sounds harsh, sure. But till we start holding them accountable, it's not going to matter how many people are using reusable plastic shopping bags or soggy paper straws. It's not going to make any difference